Spring Market 2025
So much of what we love about Holy Spirit comes from the personal relationships we enjoy there. New friends become treasured "old" friends. Sundays, or any days we come to church, confirm how important these very people are in our lives. For the purpose of this post, though, let's also consider another set of relationships we have in our lives – those with the material items we have.
Preparing for Holy Spirit's Spring Market is the perfect time to rethink the relationships we have with many of the material items in our lives. Wouldn't it be a blessing if some (or many) of the items we no longer needed no longer took up our space or worry time? Items that will instead bless someone else and, at the same time, allow with their purchase at the sale, for Holy Spirit to help others? Ahh, space – a blessing in itself.
Our donations to the market keep that relationship energy flowing. And, every inch of space created in our lives by donating items becomes a new place for us to enjoy – in whatever ways that might be. People bringing donations often thank us for opening up "room" in their home, garage, or life. All the "I haven't used/needed this for years" or the "No one in my family even wants this" make us smile. And smiling is exactly what appears on the faces of those who come to the Spring Market and make their purchases. Because of our gifts. Again this year smiles will appear on the faces of residents as far away as Montana's Fort Belknap Indian Reservation. Mary Tromly's sister, Elizabeth, will again transport remaining items to the Service Center at Lodge Pole for distribution. All is passed along.
Energy moving. Circulating in all the best directions. Open up spaces in your life by donating your items just as you have done by sharing your spirit in many other ways with Holy Spirit. Our relationships with and through Holy Spirit are among the finest we will ever experience. Come. Participate in that joy!